User:Erathiel/Builds/Build:E/any Dual Attunement Air Spiker

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1 Attributes and Skills
2 Equipment
3 Usage
4 Counters
5 Variants
6 Notes
7 Related Builds
8 Template

This build is a damage-focused Elementalist suitable for PvE groups. By utlizing both Air Attunement and Elemental Attunement, you get a huge energy return for each Air Magic spell cast, resulting in the ability to spam high energy cost skills repeatedly and continously without running out of energy.

[edit] Attributes and Skills

Elementalist / Any	Attribute Rank
Air Magic	12 + 1 + 3
Energy Storage	12 + 1

[edit] Equipment

Any armor with Max AL can be used with this build, but Tempest Armor is preferred for its Armor bonus while enchanted.
An Insightful Air Staff of Enchanting or a Runar's Brimstone Staff is ideal.

[edit] Usage

Cast and maintain Elemental Attunement and Air Attunement, in that order.
Use Blinding Flash on approaching enemy attackers to negate any physical attacks. You can easily keep 2 targets blinded.
Deal heavy damage to multiple targets with Chain Lightning.
Lightning Hammer and Lightning Orb are your high damage, single-target skills.
Use Lightning Strike for a faster casting damage spell.

[edit] Counters

Interrupts.
Upon casting/action hexes, such as Backfire.
Enchantment removal, while not immediately devastating, will make energy management difficult, reducing the build's overall effectiveness.
Protective Spirit.

[edit] Variants

Enervating Charge for ensured damage reduction when facing attacking foes.
Aura of Restoration for self-healing and for covering the attunements.
Gale can be used as a Knockdown. This is recommended for Arena use.
Replace Blinding Flash with another damaging skill when in areas with few attackers.
Chain Lightning has 3-seconds casting time. It is usually not recommended to bring for spiking.
Instead of bringing Resurrection Signet for AB, an air enchantment that gives speed boost would be more useful.
Replace Chain Lightning with Mystic Regeneration (with an 8 spec in Earth Prayers) to both add to survivability and as a cheap cover to your attunements.

[edit] Notes

Especially in AB, use walls and ledges for cover, but beware that lightning orb(projectile) will be blocked.
Watch out for interrupt rangers & sins and blind them as soon as they are within range.
If multiple attackers focus on you, blind 1 attacker (usually the sin) and kite.
Although not so important outside of HA or GvG, coordinating a spike with teammates requires removing any "improved casting time" weapon upgrades.